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Updated: January 11, 2005
News, Exhibits, Events & New ResourcesSummer and Fall Semesters, 2004
Have you ever wondered how books are ordered for the library? Did you know that at one time, labels were ironed onto books? A new exhibit in the Tisch lobby gives an inside look into the Acquisitions department. From ordering to receiving, cataloging, and labeling new books, and binding old ones, the Acquisitions department is central to putting material onto library shelves. The exhibit looks at how acquisitions services have changed over the years, with new processes and new types of material to contend with. This exhibit will be on display until January 31.
There will be an electrical shutdown in the Tufts Administration Building on Sunday, November 19th, which will affect the library catalog system. Users will have access to remote resources, the proxy service and ILLiad. The shutdown will occur at approximately 1:30 a.m. The system will be available as soon as power is restored (no later than 10:00 a.m.).
Friday, December 17th: 8:00a.m. - 12:00a.m. Intersession Hours EXCEPTIONS:
December 12, 2004 - December 20, 2004
This fall, Tisch Library was pleased to institute a new annual event entitled "Honored Faculty/Honored Books." The event recognizes Arts, Sciences and Engineering faculty members who have attained tenure and/or promotion during the previous academic year. Fifteen faculty members were honored on November 18 at a reception attended by President Bacow, the academic deans, faculty colleagues, Tisch Library staff, family and friends. The honorees received a shirt and a paperweight commemorating the event. Honorees also selected a book that is professionally meaningful to them. The chosen book was added to the Tisch Library collection with a personalized bookplate. The books are currently featured in a special Tisch lobby exhibit marking the event, along with a short piece that each honoree wrote on the significance the book had in his/her professional development.
The Kroll Family has given Tisch Library a life-size bronze sculpture of a woman seated on a bench reading a book. The sculpture is supposed to be interactive, with room for two other people to sit on the bench. There will be a dedication event on Sunday, December 5th at 12:00p.m. in the corridor to the café. Sculpture by Hilary Kline Hutchison.
Wednesday, November 24th: 8:00am - 5:00pm
The transformation of Tufts University from a local commuter college to a world-class university through a series of major entrepreneurial actions is the subject of an exhibit installed in Tisch Library lobby from November 17-December 15, 2004. The exhibit is based on a book entitled An Entrepreneurial University, the Transformation of Tufts, 1976-2002 by Sol Gittleman, who came to Tufts as a professor in 1964 and was Provost 1981-2002. As the longest-serving Provost in the history of American higher education, Sol had a front row seat and was a participant in the many changes that occurred in universities during this period as well as what actually happened at Tufts. As an historian, his scope and commentary is both broad and specific. The exhibit can be viewed from November 17-December 15th in Tisch Library lobby. Exhibit creators are Chris Barbour, Chao Chen, student assistant David Gobiel and Jo-Ann Michalak, with assistance from various Tufts offices. Sol’s Friends of Tufts Libraries Authors Talk is on December 1, 2004, 3:30-5:00p.m. in Hirsh Reading Room, Tisch Library. The Tufts Community and the public are invited. A reception and book signing follows.
Sponsored by the Children's Book Council, National Children's Book Week has been an annual event since 1919, and highlights the importance of reading in a child's life. Children's Book Week takes place the week of November 15-21st and this year's celebration will mark Tisch Library's ninth year of participation. An exhibit in the Lobby will feature local children's artwork based on the 2004 Children's Book Week Theme, "Let's Book." Our main event will start at 10:00 am on Tuesday, November 16, when Kevin Dunn, Dean of Academic Affairs for A&S, will join us in the event by reading to this year's Medford elementary class. President Bacow returns to Tisch for his third year of reading at 11:00 a.m. to first-graders visiting from the Somerville elementary school. Join us in celebrating Children's Book Week by reading to little siblings, cousins, nieces and nephews, or other favorite young people over the next week! Visit the official CBW website.
From approximately 10:00p.m. Saturday, November 20, to approximately 10:00a.m. Sunday, November 21, the library catalog will not be available due to electrical work being done in the Tufts Administration Building. Access to remote resources, the proxy server and ILLiad will all be available without interruption.
Tisch Library is pleased to host this traveling exhibit which journals the expedition of 36 people from 8 countries as they trek through Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo. Their purpose was to establish a Peace Park that would link the economy with the ecology of the region, thereby enhancing the standard of living for all its inhabitants, and to also establish the Peace Park as one of the world’s greatest regions for responsible travel. The display is co-sponsored by Tisch Library and Tufts Peace and Justice Studies Program. The exhibit will be on display through January 10th, 2005.
Thursday, November 11th, 10:00a.m. - 1:00a.m.
Looking for The DaVinci Code, The Secret Life of Bees, My Life by Bill Clinton? Then browse the Tisch Tower Café's leisure reading collection. The collection is funded by the Friends of the Libraries and includes the latest books from the nation-wide campus bestseller's list. Books in the collection can be checked out for 2 weeks. Also available in the café are "high-brow" popular magazines such as The New Yorker, The Economist, and The Atlantic, Sight and Sound, in addition to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Boston Globe.
Sign up to attend one of the RefWorks workshops on Nov. 9, 4:30p.m. - 6:00p.m. or Nov. 15, 4:30p.m. - 6:00p.m. Register for a workshop.
Jonathan Tisch, A76, will lecture and discuss his new book, The Power of We, Succeeding through Partnerships on Tuesday, November 9th at 5:00p.m. in the Hirsh Reading Room, Tisch Library. Jonathan is a Tufts alumnus and Trustee as well as the CEO of Loews Hotels. The Tisch family has been generous Tufts donors including the lead gift for Tisch Library. The Boston Tufts Alliance, The Entrepreneurial Leadership Program of Tufts Gordon Institute and the Friends of Tufts Libraries sponsor the Authors Talk. A reception and book signing will follow the talk. RSVP is encouraged by email to els@tufts.edu.
Fantasy author Robert A. Salvatore will introduce the third and final volume of his New York Times best-selling Hunter's Blades trilogy, The Two Swords at an Author Talk sponsored by The Friends of The Tufts Libraries and Parents Weekend to be held on October 22, 2004 from 3:45p.m. to 4:45p.m. in the Hirsh Reading Room, Tisch Library. A book signing, sponsored by Tufts University Bookstore, will follow the talk.
Students, you can now use your Tufts ID card to make copies and print at the public machines in Tisch, Music and Ginn Libraries and the Eaton Computer Lab! You can use your ID only if you have vending points (the same way you use your ID to pay for laundry, sodas, etc.). Value can be added to your card by using cash in increments of $5, $10 or $20, or transfer points from your Points Plus Account to your vending stripe.
Due to electrical maintenance work in the University Computing Operations Center, the library catalog will be unavailable from Saturday, October 9, 10:00 p.m. to Sunday, October 10, 7:00 a.m. (EDT). Times are approximate depending on length of maintenance. All other online library services will be available.
During the month of October, the Tisch Library will display a colorful exhibit to celebrate the forty year anniversary of the Experimental College. Founded in 1964, the Experimental College, or "Ex College," has been a source of academic innovation where students and faculty have traditionally worked together on an equal footing. In this exhibit, it is apparent the way that Ex College courses and programs have developed and progressed to the beat of changing times. This exhibit is categorized into the Ex College Today, The Ex College Through the Years, and A Look Into the Past. Among the materials included are course bulletins from thirty years ago, lists of the most popular Ex College courses, a catalog of today's freshmen seminars, colloquium advertisements from decades ago, news clippings, timelines, and photos of highlighted Ex College events. Please take the time to peruse this exhibit and come to understand the history of one of Tufts most exciting departments.
By using your Tisch Library mug you will be supporting the University's recycling program AND you will get a beverage discount! The Tisch Library spill-proof mug is on sale in The Tower café for $1.50.
Monday, October 11th: 10:00a.m. - 1:00a.m.
Celebrate your freedom to read! Come to view an exhibit on Banned Books Week in the Tisch Lobby, running until October 1st.
The Tower, Tisch Library's new café, officially opened on Tuesday, September 29th at noon. The schedule of hours for The Tower are: September 7, 2004 - December 21, 2004 Please bookmark the hours for future use.
On either Wednesday, September 15th or Thursday, September 23rd, faculty who bring a student and a Tower coupon to The Tower, Tisch Library's new café, will receive 2 free beverages.
September 7, 2004 - December 21, 2004 Late Night Study
On June 2, the Tufts libraries introduced a new library system to the public. The system will eventually offer the following new services:
Target dates for the implementation of these additional services vary, but the libraries will be working to have them all available by the end of the academic year. Tisch Library staff are excited to be offering these new and improved methods of access. Workshops on the new system will be offered in Tisch on September 15, 20, and 28, 12:00p.m. - 1:00p.m., and September 23, 4:30p.m. - 5:30p.m. To register call 617-627-3460, or register online.
The new café in Tisch Library's Dranetz Tower, called The Tower, will be open for business on Wednesday, September 8, at 12:00p.m.. The Undergraduate Experience Task Force recommended a café to "symbolize the library's role as an intellectual center on campus.a place where thinking, reading and discussion can take place in a convivial atmosphere.a fitting place to display faculty books, student art, and other intellectual products of our community." Thanks to the support of President Bacow and Dean Glaser, construction of The Tower was placed on a fast track and is ready for the fall semester.
Tours of Tisch Library will be offered for anyone who's new to campus, or who would like a refresher orientation to our services and facilities. The 20 minute tours will be given every day except Labor Day from Tuesday, August 31 through Friday, September 10. Tours commence at noon in the Tisch lobby. No registration is necessary. For more information, stop by the reference desk, call us at 627-3460 or email us at tischref@tufts.edu. All participants will receive a spill-proof Tisch Library mug!
If you're just starting teaching at Tufts, welcome to the Tisch Library! See this site that's been created with you in mind. And don't hesitate to make an appointment with a librarian for a customized tour.
August 14, 2004 - September 6, 2004: EXCEPTION:
A new exhibit mounted by Tisch Library staff is on display through August 15 in the Tisch Library lobby. Chronicling Singer's life and work, the exhibit explores his contributions to children's literature, his estrangement and reintroduction to his only son, and his Nobel Prize. Stop by for a visit soon, and pick up a bibliography of Tisch Library materials written by or about Singer. In addition to the exhibit, Tisch will also be holding 3 events in October as part of the Library of America's celebration of Singer's 100th birthday. All events are free and open to the public: October 1 at 3:30 p.m., Austin Conference Room October 15 at 1:00 p.m., Media Room 304 October 29 at 3:30 p.m., Austin Conference Room
This website allows you, our users, to "peek" into the construction of Tisch Library's Café in the Dranetz Tower. The Undergraduate Experience Task Force recommended, "construct a café in Tisch Library to symbolize the library's role as an intellectual center on campus. A place where thinking, reading and discussion can take place in a convivial atmosphere...a fitting place to display faculty books, student art, and other intellectual products of our community..." With the support of President Bacow, construction of the Café is now underway and is to be completed by August 13th. The Tower is scheduled to open for the fall semester of 2004.
With the recent acquisition and installation of a new microform scanning software, the microforms collection at Tisch Library becomes more accessible to library users. After scanning, users can save to either a floppy disk or a USB storage device, and if they have a Tufts Trumpeter account, they have a choice to email their microforms pages as an attachment. This free service gives Tisch users the opportunity to save material for future reference and eliminates the expense of printing. For the time being, only one microforms reader has been equipped with the new software, and will be dedicated as a no-print/save and email-only machine. Café Construction
Scheduled for June 1-August 13 (Posted May 26, 2004)
Minimal construction expected in Hirsh Reading Room, corridor to tower and in the Dranetz Tower. The Tower is scheduled to open Fall semester 2004.
The libraries' new catalog debuts on June 2. While basic search techniques remain the same, the Millennium catalog has a new look, particularly in its display of holdings information. The link to electronic journals is more prominent, making for easy access to this important material. One big change on the new system will be that if you have an email address in the Tufts White Pages, you will begin to receive all notices from the new library system for holds, recall, overdues, etc., to your email account rather than in paper. This is in line with existing services like ILLiad and the Virtual Catalog. The libraries will keep you apprised of any changes to our scheduled debut on the Tufts University Libraries webpage. Please take a moment before June 1 to check the due dates of items you have and renew them if they going to come due soon. If you have any difficulties using the catalog, please call the reference desk at 617-627-3460. Reference assistance is also available at the reference desk or through a scheduled appointment with a librarian.
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